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1910-era line shaft machine shop
Hi everyone, I'm new here but was encouraged to share some pictures of a museum at which I volunteer. The site is in Kinzer PA (between Philadelphia and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, USA) and is the Rough & Tumble Engineers Historical Association. It's a great collection of mainly agricultural machinery and engines, steam, coal, a blacksmith, threshing, a sawmill, shingle mill, line shaft machine shop, etc. I know most of the members here are Down Under, but if you're ever in this neck of the woods, we'd love to show you around.
https://www.roughandtumble.org/
We all strive to have WORKING machinery and actually use it on demo days making useful things (not just chips). It's been a pleasure learning at the proverbial knees of some really really smart and experienced people.
Brown & Sharpe #2 horizontal mill circa 1912 I believe (we have the vertical head for it too), and a small Buffalo drill press
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View through the shop from one end:
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Brown & Sharpe automatic screw machine which was literally pulled out of a scrap yard by one of the founding members of the shop in West Chester PA - we use this on operating days for visitors to make their own souvenirs (machinists' jack this year and last, a brass whistle, etc.)
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Three Reed (I believe they're all Reeds) in about descending vintage from newest to oldest:
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A Champion Blower & Forge drill press built about 10mi away in Lancaster PA:
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Another old treadle-powered Reed. This machine was rebuilt by a local teen for his Boy Scout Eagle project. Behind it is a Bullard vertical boring mill that we are the 2nd owner of - it's in the process of being rebuilt.
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Horizontal boring machine (being put back together)
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Tolman shaper (I believe this one was a Boy Scout project too, but might be wrong)
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Monster Whitcomb & Blaisdell shaper
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View from opposite end of the shop showing the overhead works:
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